Slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh laid to rest in Qatar

The body of martyr Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, arrived at the Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in the Qatari capital, Doha, amid a large official and popular attendance.

Attendees performed the funeral prayer for the martyr after the Friday prayer before he was laid to rest in Lusail.

Crowds of worshippers began arriving early in the morning at the Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque to participate in the funeral prayer.

Qudus News Network on X, also shared the picture of Haniyeh's grave in Doha, Qatar.

Ismail Haniyeh's grave in Doha, Qatar pic.twitter.com/99INMGe4qN

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On Thursday, the leader of the Revolution and the Islamic Republic, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, led the funeral prayer over the bodies of Haniyeh and his security guard, martyr Wassim Abu Shaaban.

During the funeral procession, Khalil al-Hayya, deputy head of Hamas, delivered a speech emphasizing that Haniyeh's martyrdom would further the unity of the Islamic World and the Resistance in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.

In Turkiye, a large popular gathering held a prayer in absentia for the soul of Haniyeh, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Iranian capital, Tehran, early Wednesday.

The assassination occurred during Haniyeh's visit to Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, following a meeting with Sayyed Khamenei.